One-Year Anniversary: Today mark’s President Barack Obama’s one-year anniversary in office. Members of progressive groups including Greenpeace, CODEPINK, and Witness Against Torture will assemble outside the White House this morning to assess how the president’s done in his first year on the job.

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A waxwork of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama joins husband U.S. President Barack Obama, marking the first anniversary of his inauguration as U.S. President, at Madame Tussauds in London, Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Terror Watch: Three Senate committees are formally launching inquiries today into the al Qaeda terror plot to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. The Obama administration’s top intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security officials will make the rounds on Capitol Hill where they are likely to face criticism and scrutiny from Democrats and Republicans alike. The White House has already admitted to security failings, but more are expected to emerge from the hearings before the Senate Homeland Security, Judiciary, and Commerce committees. A fourth hearing will be before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is set to examine U.S. efforts to confront al Qaeda in Yemen. The al Qaeda offshoot allegedly helped orchestrate the plot.

Fort Hood: The House Armed Services Committee will hear from former Veterans Affairs Secretary and former Secretary of the Army Togo West Jr. and retired Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, the co-chairmen of the Defense Department Independent Review on the shootings at Fort Hood, on their findings.

Fifteen Minutes of Infamy: White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi are scheduled to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee on how they managed to evade one of the (seemingly) toughest security systems in the world. The couple is expected to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights.

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